President Trump’s first State of the Union address was by all accounts asmashing success.

Instant polls of Americans who watched the speech found that at least 70percent of Americans — including a large majority of independents —agreed with what Trump was saying. (RELATED: CNN Poll: Majority HadPositive Opinion Of Trump SOTU)

The president also broke applause records during his State of the Union,with a speech mostly centered around calling for bipartisanship andhighlighting the successes of the American economy. (RELATED: TrumpBreaks Nearly All Applause Records On State of the Union Addresses)

But Democrats and liberal pundits were quick to imagine that there wassome dark force hidden in Trump’s remarks, and they were compelled tocall it out.

MSNBC host Joy Ann Reid found Trump’s appeals to patriotism quiteterrifying. “Church … family … police … military … the national anthem …Trump trying to call on all the tropes of 1950s-era nationalism. Thegoal of this speech appears to be to force the normalization of Trump onthe terms of the bygone era his supporters are nostalgic for,” Reidtweeted during the speech.

The American Civil Liberties Union bemoaned Trump said “America” toomany times and that it was done in an “exclusionary” way.

Illinois Rep. Luis Gutierrez, Congress’ number one immigration booster,walked out of the speech after Republicans began chanting “U.S.A.”Gutierrez later issued a statement claiming the president’s speech wastranslated from Russian and that his remarks were “explicitly racist.”

Smart move for the guy triggered by U.S.A. chants to claim his enemiesare the real anti-Americans.

As he was drooling during his car crash of a State of the Unionrebuttal, Massachusetts Rep. Joe Kennedy told illegal immigrants, inSpanish, that they are part of the country. Even a few liberals thoughtthe language choice totally undermined Kennedy’s message that the“Dreamers” are real Americans.

Several commentators were also troubled by Trump’s embrace of thenational anthem and the flag, feeling that it was “divisive” and“racist” to do such a thing.

Trump has always been blessed with the best enemies, and these kinds ofresponses to his acclaimed speech are a gift to him. Rather thanchallenging the president’s form of patriotism, many Democrats andliberals appear to be implying patriotism is veiled racism and they wantno part in it.

This leaves patriotism solely to Trump and Republicans.

The vast majority of Americans aren’t offended by saying the word“America,” U.S.A. chants or celebrations of the military. That’s justshowing love for your country, and it doesn’t matter if Trump is the oneengaging in it.

Democrats were further hampered in their response to patriotism bybringing illegal immigrants to the address and loudly groaning whenTrump brought up the victims of these so-called Dreamers. Democrats alsoremained sitting while Trump highlighted the heroic first responders andsoldiers he invited to the State of the Union, a bad look for a partytrying to present itself as the real America. (RELATED: LIST: ThingsDemocrats Refused To Applaud During SOTU)

It was less than two weeks ago when Republicans were able to effectivelyportray Democrats as caring more about non-citizens than firstresponders and the troops during the government shutdown fight. NowRepublicans have visual proof of this preference on their part of theiradversaries thanks to last night’s address.

One of the more important political fights of our time is how we defineAmerica. Is it a nation of immigrants with no inherent culture, or is ita nation defined by its citizens? Is the best of America represented bythe illegal immigrant Dreamer, or is it embodied by the police officerwho adopted the daughter of a heroin addict? Do we embrace alllanguages, or do we insist that English is our national language? Areour symbols and anthem problematic and needing a change, or do wecontinue to revere them?

These are conflicts that dominated the responses to Trump’s State of theUnion. With the Democrats’ help, the president is declaring himself onthe side of those who honor the flag and the anthem.

As the NFL can attest, it’s never a good thing in America to be seen asagainst the flag, but it appears Democrats haven’t learned that yet.

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Post by a425couplePatriotism Offends Liberals During Trump’s State Of The UnionPhoto of Scott GreerSCOTT GREERDeputy Editor12:43 PM 01/31/20183620207 3620207 SharePresident Trump’s first State of the Union address was by all accounts asmashing success.Instant polls of Americans who watched the speech found that at least 70percent of Americans — including a large majority of independents —agreed with what Trump was saying.

Trump is a serial liar whose word means nothing.

"Thank you for all of the nice compliments and reviewson the State of the Union speech," Trump tweeted justafter 7 a.m. ET Thursday. "45.6 million people watched,the highest number in history."

Nielsen reported Wednesday that an estimated 45.6 millionpeople tuned in to Trump's address on Tuesday night.Compared with other SOTUs since 1993, that total putsTrump's speech in ninth place.

The SOTU with the largest audience was Bill Clinton's1993 speech, which drew a whopping 66.9 million viewers.https://www.npr.org/sections/thetwo-way/2018/02/01/582414052/trump-claims-his-sotu-had-the-highest-ratings-in-history-it-didnt

Trump lies every chance he gets and only FOOLS believea thing he says.

Patriotism Offends Liberals During Trump's State Of The UnionPhoto of Scott GreerSCOTT GREERDeputy Editor12:43 PM 01/31/20183620207 3620207 SharePresident Trump's first State of the Union address was by allaccounts a smashing success.Instant polls of Americans who watched the speech found that atleast 70 percent of Americans - including a large majority ofindependents - agreed with what Trump was saying.

Trump is a serial liar whose word means nothing."Thank you for all of the nice compliments and reviewson the State of the Union speech," Trump tweeted justafter 7 a.m. ET Thursday. "45.6 million people watched,the highest number in history."Nielsen reported Wednesday that an estimated 45.6 millionpeople tuned in to Trump's address on Tuesday night.Compared with other SOTUs since 1993, that total putsTrump's speech in ninth place.The SOTU with the largest audience was Bill Clinton's1993 speech, which drew a whopping 66.9 million viewers.https://www.npr.org/sections/thetwo-way/2018/02/01/582414052/trump-claims-his-sotu-had-the-highest-ratings-in-history-it-didntTrump lies every chance he gets and only FOOLS believea thing he says.

Patriotism Offends Liberals During Trump's State Of The UnionPhoto of Scott GreerSCOTT GREERDeputy Editor12:43 PM 01/31/20183620207 3620207 SharePresident Trump's first State of the Union address was by allaccounts a smashing success.Instant polls of Americans who watched the speech found that atleast 70 percent of Americans - including a large majority ofindependents - agreed with what Trump was saying.

Trump is a serial liar whose word means nothing."Thank you for all of the nice compliments and reviewson the State of the Union speech," Trump tweeted justafter 7 a.m. ET Thursday. "45.6 million people watched,the highest number in history."Nielsen reported Wednesday that an estimated 45.6 millionpeople tuned in to Trump's address on Tuesday night.Compared with other SOTUs since 1993, that total putsTrump's speech in ninth place.The SOTU with the largest audience was Bill Clinton's1993 speech, which drew a whopping 66.9 million viewers.https://www.npr.org/sections/thetwo-way/2018/02/01/582414052/trump-claims-his-sotu-had-the-highest-ratings-in-history-it-didntTrump lies every chance he gets and only FOOLS believea thing he says.

On your side of this debate is a web loon, on myside is the CIA, FBI, NSA, Justice Dept andall three REPUBLICAN STARTED AND LED investigationsthat say Russia interfered with the election ina substantial way.

Not to mention Trump has used every trick in thebook to stop the investigation including attackingall of the above institutions as corrupt justfor ONE PURPOSE, to stop the investigation intohis dealings with Russia.

A child could see Trump has something dramaticto hide and is desperately trying to cover itup and stop the investigation.

And his lying is as easy to document as it itcountless.

Are you just stupid or something?

These are all established facts and clear implications.

Gawd you Trumpsters are fucking ignorant

I'm sorry, but you deserve it and in bunchesfucking idiots.--"To paraphrase the Buddha — Three things cannot be long hidden:the sun; the moon; and the truth. ‬

Patriotism Offends Liberals During Trump's State Of The UnionPhoto of Scott GreerSCOTT GREERDeputy Editor12:43 PM 01/31/20183620207 3620207 SharePresident Trump's first State of the Union address was by allaccounts a smashing success.Instant polls of Americans who watched the speech found that atleast 70 percent of Americans - including a large majority ofindependents - agreed with what Trump was saying.

Trump is a serial liar whose word means nothing."Thank you for all of the nice compliments and reviewson the State of the Union speech," Trump tweeted justafter 7 a.m. ET Thursday. "45.6 million people watched,the highest number in history."Nielsen reported Wednesday that an estimated 45.6 millionpeople tuned in to Trump's address on Tuesday night.Compared with other SOTUs since 1993, that total putsTrump's speech in ninth place.The SOTU with the largest audience was Bill Clinton's1993 speech, which drew a whopping 66.9 million viewers.https://www.npr.org/sections/thetwo-way/2018/02/01/582414052/trump-claims-his-sotu-had-the-highest-ratings-in-history-it-didntTrump lies every chance he gets and only FOOLS believea thing he says.

On your side of this debate is a web loon, on myside is the CIA, FBI, NSA, Justice Dept andall three REPUBLICAN STARTED AND LED investigationsthat say Russia interfered with the election ina substantial way.Not to mention Trump has used every trick in thebook to stop the investigation including attackingall of the above institutions as corrupt justfor ONE PURPOSE, to stop the investigation intohis dealings with Russia.A child could see Trump has something dramaticto hide and is desperately trying to cover itup and stop the investigation.And his lying is as easy to document as it itcountless.Are you just stupid or something?These are all established facts and clear implications.Gawd you Trumpsters are fucking ignorantI'm sorry, but you deserve it and in bunchesfucking idiots.

FYI, recently at a budgetary hearing I sat with a Democrat whose nameyou might recognize from a presidential campaign, and mostly voted thesame way he did.

Patriotism Offends Liberals During Trump's State Of The UnionPhoto of Scott GreerSCOTT GREERDeputy Editor12:43 PM 01/31/20183620207 3620207 SharePresident Trump's first State of the Union address was by allaccounts a smashing success.Instant polls of Americans who watched the speech found that atleast 70 percent of Americans - including a large majority ofindependents - agreed with what Trump was saying.

Trump is a serial liar whose word means nothing."Thank you for all of the nice compliments and reviewson the State of the Union speech," Trump tweeted justafter 7 a.m. ET Thursday. "45.6 million people watched,the highest number in history."Nielsen reported Wednesday that an estimated 45.6 millionpeople tuned in to Trump's address on Tuesday night.Compared with other SOTUs since 1993, that total putsTrump's speech in ninth place.The SOTU with the largest audience was Bill Clinton's1993 speech, which drew a whopping 66.9 million viewers.https://www.npr.org/sections/thetwo-way/2018/02/01/582414052/trump-claims-his-sotu-had-the-highest-ratings-in-history-it-didntTrump lies every chance he gets and only FOOLS believea thing he says.

On your side of this debate is a web loon, on myside is the CIA, FBI, NSA, Justice Dept andall three REPUBLICAN STARTED AND LED investigationsthat say Russia interfered with the election ina substantial way.Not to mention Trump has used every trick in thebook to stop the investigation including attackingall of the above institutions as corrupt justfor ONE PURPOSE, to stop the investigation intohis dealings with Russia.A child could see Trump has something dramaticto hide and is desperately trying to cover itup and stop the investigation.And his lying is as easy to document as it itcountless.Are you just stupid or something?These are all established facts and clear implications.Gawd you Trumpsters are fucking ignorantI'm sorry, but you deserve it and in bunchesfucking idiots.

FYI, recently at a budgetary hearing I sat with a Democrat whose nameyou might recognize from a presidential campaign, and mostly voted thesame way he did.

Patriotism Offends Liberals During Trump's State Of The UnionPhoto of Scott GreerSCOTT GREERDeputy Editor12:43 PM 01/31/20183620207 3620207 SharePresident Trump's first State of the Union address was by allaccounts a smashing success.Instant polls of Americans who watched the speech found that atleast 70 percent of Americans - including a large majority ofindependents - agreed with what Trump was saying.

Trump is a serial liar whose word means nothing."Thank you for all of the nice compliments and reviewson the State of the Union speech," Trump tweeted justafter 7 a.m. ET Thursday. "45.6 million people watched,the highest number in history."Nielsen reported Wednesday that an estimated 45.6 millionpeople tuned in to Trump's address on Tuesday night.Compared with other SOTUs since 1993, that total putsTrump's speech in ninth place.The SOTU with the largest audience was Bill Clinton's1993 speech, which drew a whopping 66.9 million viewers.https://www.npr.org/sections/thetwo-way/2018/02/01/582414052/trump-claims-his-sotu-had-the-highest-ratings-in-history-it-didntTrump lies every chance he gets and only FOOLS believea thing he says.

On your side of this debate is a web loon, on myside is the CIA, FBI, NSA, Justice Dept andall three REPUBLICAN STARTED AND LED investigationsthat say Russia interfered with the election ina substantial way.Not to mention Trump has used every trick in thebook to stop the investigation including attackingall of the above institutions as corrupt justfor ONE PURPOSE, to stop the investigation intohis dealings with Russia...

This artificial furore over Russia is the Left's attempt to distractattention from their exposure by a whistleblower. They couldn't denythe message so they attacked the messenger.

Post by Jim WilkinsThis artificial furore over Russia is the Left's attempt to distractattention from their exposure by a whistleblower. They couldn't denythe message so they attacked the messenger.

I guessed you missed the fact all FIVE investigationswere started by republicans? It was Trump's hand pickedDep AG Rosenstein that decided a special council wasneeded, and he picked a republican called Mueller.

In fact, Sessions initially fired Rosenstein alongwith most of the US Attorneys after taking officebut Trump intervened on Rosenstein's behalf andordered Trump to not only rehire him, but promotehim to #2 at the Justice Dept.

And in the House and Senate the republicans startedall three investigations. And the FBI investigationcontinues under Trump's hand picked republicanFBI chief.

The democrats are bystanders in all the investigations.Noisy bystanders, but they have no power at all tostart, continue or stop ANY of the investigations.

Trump has to fire Mueller, he can't affordthe world to see his Russian financial tiesas even if Trump never gets impeached oncehe leaves office he'll be prosecuted forgod knows how many felonies he's committedtaking hundreds of millions of dollarsfrom Putin's inner circle.

Putin has Trump in his pocket, Trump isbetraying America like no other presidentin our history.--"To paraphrase the Buddha — Three things cannot be long hidden:the sun; the moon; and the truth. ‬

Post by Jim WilkinsThis artificial furore over Russia is the Left's attempt todistractattention from their exposure by a whistleblower. They couldn't denythe message so they attacked the messenger.

I guessed you missed the fact all FIVE investigationswere started by republicans? It was Trump's hand pickedDep AG Rosenstein that decided a special council wasneeded, and he picked a republican called Mueller.In fact, Sessions initially fired Rosenstein alongwith most of the US Attorneys after taking officebut Trump intervened on Rosenstein's behalf andordered Trump to not only rehire him, but promotehim to #2 at the Justice Dept.And in the House and Senate the republicans startedall three investigations. And the FBI investigationcontinues under Trump's hand picked republicanFBI chief.The democrats are bystanders in all the investigations.Noisy bystanders, but they have no power at all tostart, continue or stop ANY of the investigations.Trump's countless attempts to stop them showshe's hiding something dramatic, a child couldsee his guilty conscience.Trump has to fire Mueller, he can't affordthe world to see his Russian financial tiesas even if Trump never gets impeached oncehe leaves office he'll be prosecuted forgod knows how many felonies he's committedtaking hundreds of millions of dollarsfrom Putin's inner circle.Putin has Trump in his pocket, Trump isbetraying America like no other presidentin our history.--the sun; the moon; and the truth. ?"But let justice roll down like waters and righteousnesslike an ever-flowing stream" Amos 5:24~ Former FBI Director James Comey (12-1-17)s

Patriotism Offends Liberals During Trump's State Of The UnionPhoto of Scott GreerSCOTT GREERDeputy Editor12:43 PM 01/31/20183620207 3620207 SharePresident Trump's first State of the Union address was by allaccounts a smashing success.Instant polls of Americans who watched the speech found that atleast 70 percent of Americans - including a large majority ofindependents - agreed with what Trump was saying.

Trump is a serial liar whose word means nothing."Thank you for all of the nice compliments and reviewson the State of the Union speech," Trump tweeted justafter 7 a.m. ET Thursday. "45.6 million people watched,the highest number in history."Nielsen reported Wednesday that an estimated 45.6 millionpeople tuned in to Trump's address on Tuesday night.Compared with other SOTUs since 1993, that total putsTrump's speech in ninth place.The SOTU with the largest audience was Bill Clinton's1993 speech, which drew a whopping 66.9 million viewers.https://www.npr.org/sections/thetwo-way/2018/02/01/582414052/trump-claims-his-sotu-had-the-highest-ratings-in-history-it-didntTrump lies every chance he gets and only FOOLS believea thing he says.

On your side of this debate is a web loon, on myside is the CIA, FBI, NSA, Justice Dept andall three REPUBLICAN STARTED AND LED investigationsthat say Russia interfered with the election ina substantial way.Not to mention Trump has used every trick in thebook to stop the investigation including attackingall of the above institutions as corrupt justfor ONE PURPOSE, to stop the investigation intohis dealings with Russia...

This artificial furore over Russia is the Left's attempt to distractattention from their exposure by a whistleblower. They couldn't denythe message so they attacked the messenger.

Yep...The Marxist/Democrat left just loves waving the CommunistBoogeyman around. If any of this were true, Jonthy would not be postinghere, but would be hiding under his basement bed with the other hairballs.

--It is hardly too strong to say that the Constitution was made to guardthe people against the dangers of good intentions. There are men in allages who mean to govern well, but *They mean to govern*. They promise tobe good masters, *but they mean to be masters*. Daniel Webster

Post by a425couplePatriotism Offends Liberals During Trump’s State Of The UnionPhoto of Scott GreerSCOTT GREERDeputy Editor12:43 PM 01/31/20183620207 3620207 SharePresident Trump’s first State of the Union address was by all accountsa smashing success.Instant polls of Americans who watched the speech found that at least70 percent of Americans — including a large majority of independents —agreed with what Trump was saying.

Jonathon Dall is a serial liar whose word means nothing."Thank you for all of the nice compliments and reviewson the State of the Union speech," Trump tweeted justafter 7 a.m. ET Thursday. "45.6 million people watched,the highest number in history."Nielsen reported Wednesday that an estimated 45.6 millionpeople tuned in to Trump's address on Tuesday night.Compared with other SOTUs since 1993, that total putsTrump's speech in ninth place.

Actually that is the highest number in History that tuned into theHonorable President Trumps State of the Union Address.

Also a new Record was set by Democrats not attending and those that didwere disrespectful of the American people.

The SOTU with the largest audience was Bill Clinton's1993 speech, which drew a whopping 66.9 million viewers.

We learned never to take our eyes off the corrupt Clintons.

Trump factaulizes every chance he gets and only FOOLS don't believea thing he says.

Jonthy go back to giving your cat a blowjob and let real people run theworld/